The Kano State High Court has sentenced six persons to various prisons terms for conspiring, concealment abatement, abducting and kidnapping of many children under 10 from the custody of their biological parents.
The convicted persons were also accused for selling the children in Onitsha, Anambra State.
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The Convicts are Mercy Paul, Ebere Ogbono, Emmanuel Igwe, Loise Duru, Monica Oracha and Chinelo Ifedigwe.
Recall that the mastermind of the offences, Mr. Paul, was sentenced to 104 years imprisonment in a summary trial after pleading guilty to 38 count charges.
The court ordered that the terms run consecutively without the option of a fine.
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The remaining six persons were tried separately after denying the offences.
However, in her judgment on Monday, Justice Zuwaira Yusuf found the six persons liable for the offences as charged by the Kano State Ministry of Justice.
She sentenced Mercy Paul to 55 years imprisonment, Ebere Ogbono to 41 years, Emmanuel Igwe to nine years, Loise Duru to six years, Monica Oracha to five years, and Chinelo Ifedigwe to nine years.
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Justice Yusuf ordered that all the terms run consecutively without the option of a fine.
According to the prosecution, the convicts committed the offences between November and December 2014 and 2015.
